Both actress Claudette Colbert and Swedish writer-director Ingmar Bergman died on this day – she in 1996 and he in 2007.

The last movie teaming Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Girl Crazy, was released on this day in 1943, while it is reported that on this day in 1969 Barbra Streisand opened for Liberace at Las Vegas’s International Hotel.

Topping the UK singles chart on this day in 1974 was She by French crooner Charles Aznavour. It spent four weeks crowning the chart. Just saying…